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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 18h
I just signed up for Statewide StandUp: Three VA Constitutional Amendments! Want to join me? Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7–8 pm | Virtuhttps://redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/statewide-standup-three-va-constitutional-amendments
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Statewide StandUp: Three VA Constitutional Amendments
Reproductive Freedom -- Marriage Equality -- Voting Rights Restoration This November, Virginia has the chance to amend our constitution and make our rights permanent. Come learn why these referendums...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sept 25, Noon ET. tinyurl.com/2026fpl THE COST OF COURAGE: Who speaks up. Who shows up. And what happens next @nenrich.bsky.social USAID Whistleblower "Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID" @stevepwrites.bsky.social Democracy in Color
Friday Power Lunch Podcast - September 25, Noon ET. RSVP at tinyurl.com/2026fpl

THE COST OF COURAGE: Who speaks up. Who shows up. And what happens next.

This week, we’re talking about courage, truth, and power. 

One person does something difficult and another person sees it. Someone speaks when it would be safer to remain quiet. Someone stands outside a building. Someone files a lawsuit. None of those acts guarantees what happens next. But they can make the next person feel less alone.

That may be one of the most important things courage does. It doesn’t eliminate fear. It gives other people permission to move through it. And the more people who discover that they are not alone, the more light gets through.

• Nicholas Enrich, USAID Whistleblower & Author of “Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.” Career Civil Servant & Former USAID Global Health Leader

• Steve Phillips, Bestselling Author & Founder, Democracy in Color, a political media organization focused on race, politics, and multiracial democracy. Author of "Brown Is the New White", "How We Win the Civil War", and "Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?"

#USAID #Whistleblower #DemocracyInColor #VirginiaGrassroots #NetworkNOVA #FridayPowerLunch
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THE VOTE STARTS NOW: Immigration, Due Process & the Ballot Zuraya Tapia-Hadley, The Dream Project Lorena Perez McGill, immigration law Monica Sarmiento, VACIR Susan Douglas, Third Act DC, Stop the Arch! RSVP: tinyurl.com/2026fpl @vacir.bsky.social @zuraya4schools.bsky.social @thirdactdc.bsky.social
THE VOTE STARTS NOW: Immigration, Due Process & the Ballot
Friday, September 18, Noon ET

We have a powerful lineup for the Friday Power Lunch:
Zuraya Tapia for Arlington County School Board of The Dream Project
Lorena Perez McGill, immigration attorney Perez McGill Law Firm PLLC
Monica Sarmiento of the VACIR - Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights
+ a special “250 Feet Too Far” spotlight with Susan Douglas of Third Act DC on the fight over the proposed vanity Arch near Arlington National Cemetery.

Virginia starts Early Voting this Friday, so this is a timely one. *RSVP to get your NEW LINK: https://tinyurl.com/2026a

#earlyvoting #stopthearch #DueProcess #immigration #GOTV
#virginiagrassroots #NetworkNova #FridayPowerLunch
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“We the People” was never meant to mean “whatever one powerful man wants.” October 17, vote early & find a No Kings event near you. Our votes are not decorations for someone else’s coronation. They are how we tell every would-be ruler: hands off our votes social.demcast.com/s/CN14ey4d
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm attending Rural GroundGame's event, “Listening to Virginia Town Hall: Data Centers & Valley Link” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ruralgroundg...
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Listening to Virginia Town Hall: Data Centers & Valley Link · Rural GroundGame
Every community deserves the opportunity to come together, discuss the available information, and consider how they'd like to approach massive projects like data centers. The purpose of this Town Hall...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Virginia built the data center capital of the world. Now comes the bill. This Friday — Tim Cywinski of Sierra Club Virginia and Melissa Thomas of the Climate Equity Working Group on who pays it. Plus the BIG TEN Afterglow. Noon ET. @votetimva.com @nnvaorg.bsky.social @sierraclub.org
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We dance for Dolly first. Then we get to work. #FridayPowerLunch w/ friend Simon Rosenberg on fake polls & demoralization ops, Jonathan Middleton, @men4choice.bsky.social on VA's Reproductive Freedom Amendment & BIG TEN Women's Summit Afterglow. #DanceForDolly #FightBack #VoteYES #WhenWeVoteWeWin
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
History repeats itself — so let's repeat what works. This week on the Friday Power Lunch — @atimaomara.bsky.social on Black women organizers, Josh Kaplowitz taking Virginia volunteers to Ohio, and @davidpepperoh.bsky.social on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. Join us: tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The primaries are done. November is closer than you think. Friday Power Lunch: election protection with Naomi Beck & Lynlee Thorne of Rural GroundGame, new organizing tools with Maya Benson of NGP VAN & a full Virginia primary breakdown. Think bigger. Think smarter. Think ahead. tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The answer is not another rant. It is another voter. Friday Power Lunch — Lori Mayberry, @gotvpac.bsky.social on expanding the electorate and Warren County Democrats on why rural organizing wins. Hope is not a strategy. Organizing is.
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The best Summit moments don't happen in the ballroom. They happen in the elevator at 11pm when you run into someone you've been meaning to connect with for three years and suddenly neither of you is in a hurry to go anywhere. Book the room. Stay the weekend. $139/night ends July 25
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Connect with Network NOVA and join the 10th Annual Women's Summit
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Sign up for Network NOVA's topical news, events and Calls to Action.
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
These signs are red on purpose. Not Republican — strategic. Bold enough to make you stop. Clear enough to make you think. Bridge2Blue and Factocracy are yard-signing Virginia blue from every corner of the Commonwealth. Donate by August 15: secure.actblue.com/donate/yardsignsnow
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Sunday Sisters Salon, Bards Alley Bookshop Jul 12 Community, connection, books & the stubborn belief democracy is worth fighting for! #WomensSummit @hollyseiboldva.bsky.social @kwhite-networknova.bsky.social @momsdemandaction.org @vgcclimate.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @bardsalley.bsky.social
Join us for a Sunday Sisters Salon at Bards Alley Bookshop, July 12, 6-8 pm!

A light, intimate, and completely on brand evening for everything the Women's Summit stands for — community, connection, books, and the stubborn belief that democracy is worth fighting for!

📚 Jen Morrow - Owner, Bards Alley. Summit SHOP, LIVE, VOTE Expo anchor for the fourth year running.

🇺🇸 Delegate Holly Siebold - 12th District, Vienna and beyond.

📖 Katherine White - Co-founder, Network NOVA. The architect of ten years of grassroots victories in Virginia.

✊ Peggy Pridemore - Moms Demand Action Vienna. Longtime Summit supporter and grassroots ally.

🌎 Meredith Haines - Climate & Clean Energy Working Group, Virginia Grassroots Coalition

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the 10th Annual Women's Summit and meet grassroots organizers. Free and open to all!

#DemocracyIsWorthFightingFor
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
WHO CARES? Healthcare, Hope & the America We Choose The #OBBB changes to #Medicaid & #ACA. On the impacts: @tomperriello.bsky.social former US Rep, voted for the ACA in 2010, lost his seat. Running today in VA CD5 @charlesgaba.com founder of ACASignups.net & Blue25.org has been tracking the data
WHO CARES? Healthcare, Hope & the America We Choose on the Friday Power Lunch

This July 4th weekend reminded us that freedom is not something we celebrate once a year. It is something we measure by the choices we make. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA are now becoming reality. The campaign is over. The consequences are beginning. Rather than arguing politics, we are asking a more important question: what happens next?

This week's Friday Power Lunch moves beyond the political headlines to explore what these changes could mean for American families, healthcare providers, local communities, and the future of public policy.
We follow the story through three lenses — The Decision, The Data, and The Reality.

Guests
Tom Perriello brings us The Decision. Former U.S. Congressman and Democratic candidate for Virginia's 5th Congressional District, Tom voted for the ACA in 2010, because he believed expanding access to healthcare was the right thing to do. It was a vote that ultimately cost him his congressional seat. Today, he's running again and will discuss why healthcare remains one of America's defining issues and what voters need to understand moving forward.

Charles Gaba brings us The Data. Founder of ACASignups.net and Blue25.org, Charles has spent more than a decade tracking the numbers behind healthcare policy — separating political rhetoric from measurable impact.

A representative from the Norfolk Department of Human Services brings us The Reality. This is where national policy becomes personal.

Every budget reflects a set of priorities. Every law carries consequences. And every decision eventually reaches someone's family. Together, we'll explore not just the politics of healthcare, but what happens after the votes are counted, the laws are signed, and communities begin living with the consequences.

RSVP for your Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Women's rights. Gender education. Democracy. All under attack at the same time. This Friday on the Power Lunch — Cory Amron of Women Lawyers on Guard, Jessica Berg whose classroom curriculum is under threat, and GMU professor Bonnie Stabile. tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Two military leaders. Fired or pushed out. Not standing down. Colonel Bree Fram, @breefram.bsky.social and Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore, @nancylacore.bsky.social join the Friday Power Lunch this Friday to talk about leading in dangerous times and what comes next. Noon ET. tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Join our #Juneteenth #FridayPowerLunch w/ Gaylene Kanoyton, #NAACP Hampton VA & #grassroots leader Ms Margaret Morrison + a LIVE CD1 Candidate #Townhall! 🔥 Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs 🔥 @salaambhattiva.bsky.social 🔥 @votetimva.com 🔥 @shannontaylorva.com #votingrights #civilrights #freedom #Virginia
Juneteenth, Freedom Summer & Candidates in CD1 on the Friday Power Lunch podcast, June 19, 12-1 pm. A Juneteenth conversation hosted by Finale Norton featuring Gaylene Kanoyton of the Virginia NAACP and grassroots leader Ms. Margaret Morrison.

+ a LIVE Congressional District 1 Candidate Roundtable featuring:
🔥 Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs
🔥 Salaam Bhatti
🔥 Tim Cywinski
🔥 Shannon Taylor
We will discuss the issues voters are talking about right now: healthcare access, Medicare & Medicaid, democracy, accountability, data centers, infrastructure, extremism, and what leadership looks like in this political moment. 

Connect the dots between history, democracy, voting rights, organizing, and the future of Virginia.

Register for your Zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A congressman beat a senator nearly to death on the Senate floor in 1856. Americans celebrated him. Historian Paul Quigley & VA Del Dan Helmer join FridayPowerLunch.com on political violence, gun safety, and what responsible leadership looks like. June 12, Noon ET. Free #FridayPowerLunch #GunSafety
Friday Power Lunch Podcast - THE WARNING SIGNS: The Cost of Normalizing Violence. Friday, June 12, Noon - 1 pm ET. Special Guests: Delegate Dan Helmer (Virginia House District 10), Army veteran, longtime grassroots ally, and one of the leading voices behind Virginia’s newly signed assault weapons ban legislation. Historian Paul Quigley, author of The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War. BIG TEN Women’s Summit: Candidate & Campaign Celebration on Friday night, spotlight. Register at FridayPowerLunch.com
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@simonwdc.bsky.social. @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social @hornish.bsky.social. @rbhubbell.bsky.social. All in one room. August 21-23. Tysons Virginia. Early bird ends June 15. Are you BADASS enough? Tix: networknova.org/ws2026/ networknova.org #WomensSummit2026 #BIG10 #FightBack
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hope is not passive. Hope is action. This Friday — a Tennessee senator who climbed on a desk to stop racist gerrymandering, a Virginia delegate who opens government to everyday people, and a bookstore owner building community one story at a time. Friday Power Lunch. tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
DEMOCRACY IS A VERB: Courage, Community & Choosing Our Values Brynn Tannehill Author "American Fascism: How the GOP Is Subverting Democracy” @brynntannehill.bsky.social Chris Kaiser ACLU Virginia @chriskaiserva.bsky.social Women’s Summit SHOP-LIVE-VOTE Your Values Expo, Laura Richardson & Laura Mack
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Christian Nationalism is on the rise. The wall between church and state is under attack. Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, mcclellan.house.gov and Alessandro Terenzoni, @americansunited.bsky.social join us to fight back. Noon ET. tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A billion dollar ballroom in the people's house while working families cannot afford groceries. This cartoon says everything. Trump wants his ballroom and he wants YOU to pay for it. Remember this in November.
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31streetswingleft.bsky.social @31streetswingleft.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Trump’s VAIN GROTESQUE BALLROOM Defiles Our National Treasure, while real problems are made worse. Voters strongly disapprove. Hold Republicans responsible in November, along with all the other massive incompetence, neglect and corruption. #Kleptocracy #Corruption #Ballroom
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
@ncjw.bsky.social, @progressva.bsky.social, @reprorisingva.bsky.social hope to see you there!
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Mama said KNOCK YOU OUT! 🎬 Episode 17: Mother's Day Special "Women’s Issues Front and Center" on May 8 at 12 PM ET. open.substack.com/pub/fridaypo...
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Mama said KNOCK YOU OUT! 🎬 Episode 17: Mother's Day Special "Women’s Issues Front and Center" on May 8 at 12 PM ET.
Virginians for Reproductive Freedom & Virginia Delegates and their Moms.
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Leadership doesn't begin under the Capitol dome. It begins at home. Virginia Delegates and their moms, the fight for reproductive freedom, and three Constitutional Amendments that will shape Virginia for generations will be discussed on Friday's Power Lunch. Noon ET. Free. RSVP: tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I just signed up for 🚨 Urgent Training: Documenting & Responding to ICE Activity | Wednesday, May 6 | 7–8:30 PM (Virtual)! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/urgen...
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🚨 Urgent Training: Documenting & Responding to ICE Activity | Wednesday, May 6 | 7–8:30 PM...
There is an uptick in ICE activity across Virginia right now. People are being detained — including at the Arlington Courthouse. Your neighbors may need you, and the time to prepare is before somethin...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sister District has rebranded to The States Project @statesprojectus.bsky.social
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Virginia was a win. The work continues. This week’s FPL - Connecting grassroots power to the next fight: rights, dignity, and action. @siembranc.bsky.social tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Ask Legislators to Vote YES on House Bill 650 to prevent illegal courthouse arrests. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/keep...
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Ask Legislators to Vote YES on House Bill 650 to prevent illegal courthouse arrests
HB 650 will protect law-abiding citizens from illegal courthouse arrests during court-mandated appearances. ICE and other federal have been arresting individuals who obey the law by showing up fo...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Virginia N2N Launch Call for Redistricting Referendum indivisible.org/events/virgi...
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Virginia N2N Launch Call for Redistricting Referendum | Indivisible
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Virginia Grassroots is getting it done with @glennkirschner.bsky.social
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Failure at the top. Consequences for everyone else. @31streetswingleft.bsky.social
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This Friday: Spheres of Influence — Biosphere to Manosphere Climate. Culture. Power. What’s shaping this moment—and how we respond. We organize. We engage. We win. @janeclimatepac.bsky.social , @mattroyer.bsky.social tinyurl.com/FPL2026a
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm attending 31st Street Swing Left's event, “Good Questions Beat Great Speeches: How to Engage Virginia Voters” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/31ststreetsw...
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Good Questions Beat Great Speeches: How to Engage Virginia Voters · 31st Street Swing Left
Elections are often decided by razor-thin margins – sometimes a few hundred votes, and occasionally even a coin toss. (Yes, really.) The results of Virginia’s April 21 special election on redistrictin...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm attending Virginians for Fair Elections's event, “Vote Yes! Super Saturday with Eric Holder in Arlington” - sign up now to join me www.mobilize.us/virginiansfo...
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Vote Yes! Super Saturday with Eric Holder in Arlington · Virginians for Fair Elections
On April 11th at 12pm, Former Attorney General Eric Holder will speak to us about the importance of turning out the "yes" vote and about what is at stake in this statewide referendum election. After...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm attending Virginians for Fair Elections's event, “Vote Yes! Super Saturday with Congressman Vindman in Lake Ridge!” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/virginiansfo...
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Vote Yes! Super Saturday with Congressman Vindman in Lake Ridge! · Virginians for Fair Elections
On Saturday, April 11th at 12pm, Congressman Eugene Vindman will speak to us about the importance of turning out the YES vote and what is at stake in this statewide referendum election. After this sp...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm attending Virginians for Fair Elections's event, “Vote Yes! Super Sunday with Rep. Walkinshaw & Elected Officials in Providence!” www.mobilize.us/virginiansfo...
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Vote Yes! Super Sunday with Rep. Walkinshaw & Elected Officials in Providence! · Virginians for Fair Elections
On Sunday, April 12th at 12pm, Congressman James Walkinshaw, Delegate Marcus Simon, Delegate Holly Seibold, School Board Member Karl Frisch, and Supervisor Rachna Sizemore Heizer will speak to us abou...
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Firsts, Fierce & Fearless: The Queens Move to Stop the King! History makers US Rep McClellan & Virginia Lt Gov Hashmi join the show with Persisterhood as we gear up for No Kings & Vote YES! @mcclellan.house.gov @ltgovhashmi.bsky.social @kwhite-networknova.bsky.social @finmen.bsky.social
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This week's Friday Power Lunch discussion went deeper than politics and into the psychology of belonging, influence & power. Movements do not just organize people. They shape how people think, trust & act. the same forces that build community can also be used to control it.
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Watch! 🎥 Episode 11: "Cults, Cliques & Echo Chambers - The Spectrum Between Community and Control"
Daniella humorously taught us knitting grit and determination using knitting moves: "scoop out their guts throw them off a cliff let them. Let'em underestimate us ladies."
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump said "I'm glad he's dead" about a decorated war hero. He wore a campaign hat to receive six soldiers killed in his war. He fundraised off their photos. Maya Angelou was right. Believe people when they show you who they are. He has shown us. Repeatedly. #FightBack #Frailure
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Virginia Redistricting - Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/virgi...
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Virginia Redistricting - Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi
We will be joined by Virginia Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi to recognize the importance of the Virginia Redistricting campaign and invite people to make phone calls and send postcards.
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Abandoning Ukraine is not foreign policy. It is surrender. Russia is our true enemy and every day we withhold support, we hand them a victory. Removing sanctions to lower gas prices does not fix the wound — it deepens it. Fund Ukraine. Now. #Ukraine #Russia #Oil #FightBack
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Where will you be on March 28? What are your plans, creative ideas?
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
There are efforts across the state. VoteYES.us
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"Independent Women's Forum" — founded to defend Clarence Thomas against Anita Hill. They trash public schools but send their own kids there. Paid Project 2025 operatives. Dark money. Trump's DOE. Pure astroturf. Know who's behind the message. @4publiceducation.bsky.social
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Bias Busting–Know Your Disinformation Source: The “Independent” Women’s Forum
Uncover the truth with our Bias Busting Guide on disinformation sources like the Independent Women's Forum. Delve into the tactics of IWF, and find answer to how "Independent" they really are.
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Exactly my feelings!
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Network NOVA @networknova.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Learn about Cults, Cliques and Echo Chambers on this week's Friday Power Lunch. Starring MAGA’s worst nightmare: @knittingcultlady.bsky.social
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Knitting Cult Lady (@knittingcultlady.bsky.social)
Daniella Mestyanek Young; Scholar of cults, extreme groups, and extremely bad leadership. Author of UNCULTURED. Combat veteran; TEDx Speaker; Organizational psychologist, Harvard MA
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